The Ultimate Guide to Storing Your Crossdressing Supplies Discreetly

Being a crossdresser is often a very private, personal, but exhilarating experience. Maintaining your crossdressing identity often means accumulating a feminine wardrobe and other items. Sooner or later even the most casual crossdresser will develop a collection of femme items. Whether you’re hoping to keep your stuff secret, in peak condition, or just well organized; having good places to keep your treasures safe is imperative.

Our personal circumstances will obviously have a huge impact on how we decide to store our crossdressing supplies. Rest assured, the right method exists for you; creative storage furniture, secure boxes and wardrobe space, or more extreme measures are all things to consider as we cover the best storage methods for your feminine items.

In this guide we’ll try to cover some creative, discreet and useful ways of keeping your crossdressing items safe, secure and secret.

Understanding Your Storage Challenges

Your living situation will undoubtedly dictate a great deal of how you choose to store your stuff. I think there’s basically 3 broad categories here; living alone, living with those who are supportive, and finally, keeping your stuff secret from those you live with.

1. Living Alone

Living alone makes things pretty simple. You can leave your things lying around without fear of judgment. You can leave your girly clothes strewn about your bedroom as you try them on or do your personal fashion shows. However, I’ve found this usually leads me to misplacing panties and items getting lost or dirty so easily. My little hack to overcome this is simple ‘don’t take something off and put it down, put it away’. Don’t drop the bra on the bed, drop it back in the drawer first time! This helps me keep my things organized, and I know where I can find them anytime.

2. Living with a Supportive Partner

If you’re lucky enough to be in a relationship with a supportive partner then a lot of your storage issues can be solved mutually. Discuss where and how things should be kept and try to divide your spaces appropriately. If anything, disputes about not having enough space might occur more often! Adjacent drawers for intimates like bras and panties are a lovely touch; especially when getting dressed together.

While supportive partners and roommates are hard to find; if we’ve got one, let’s try not to provoke them by leaving things lying around. As before, put things away, don’t just put them down. Even the most stable of platonic roommate living situations can be made tense by little squabbles about tidying up and messes. Keep your femme stuff in your own space.

3. Living While Keeping Your Items Secret

Keeping your items secret is your choice; some of us have no choice but to keep it secret. Lockable bags or boxes, furniture with inbuilt storage, or secret closets are all ideas. We’ll cover some of these techniques in detail a bit later, but there are a number of discreet storage options that will leave your housemates none the wiser. The one piece of advice I will drop here is just to say; don’t make it overly obvious that something or some storage area is a secret. Stuff like this tends to spur interest and it’s natural for anyone to become curious and then go investigate.

Discreet Storage Solutions

1. Clothing Storage

Keeping our skirt and dresses safe and in peak condition is really important for any crossdresser. Keeping them safe and secret is another. Depending on your living situation, hanging them inside garment bags might be the quickest and easiest solution. A small lock or zip tie to keep the zipper securely closed can provide peace of mind. Small chests of drawers with locks on them are also easy to find and shouldn’t provoke too much suspicion.

Furniture with built in storage spaces; such as couches with hidden space under the cushions, is great for some less used or unhangable crossdressing items. Shoes, especially heels, take up a lot of space and are usually a conversation starter when found in a guy’s apartment. Large sturdy plastic boxes with sealing lids work well; I know many CD’s who keep their shoe selection safe like this. I’d recommend getting some non-transparent boxes. These boxes usually also come with benefit of being stackable and durable. Keeping them under the bed, or stacked neatly in a closet or other storage space in the house isn’t likely to attract undue attention.

2. Accessory Storage

Some of these items might be among our most treasured and delicate. Breast forms, other padding and wigs are some of the most feminizing items a crossdresser can have; but also, the most expensive and so it’s important to keep them safe and in peak condition. Always keep the boxes these items came in.

Keeping your breast forms in good condition is surprisingly easy. The most important is to make sure that the outer membrane of your breast forms stays intact and in shape. Keeping all the packaging they come with and always storing them nipple up direction is a start. The inside of the box should also be free of anything pointy or with a strong edge to ensure that your forms don’t tear in the box. Don’t stack heavy things on top and be careful when you move them. Same goes for any silicone items like hip pads.

Wigs can be a lot trickier to keep in top condition. Doing so while also discreetly storing them is doubly tricky. The best way to store them efficiently is to keep them in individual sealable plastic bags and small boxes.

3. Makeup and Grooming

● Tackle Boxes or Train Cases

Compact storage solutions like these are both practical, helpful and discreet. Make up can be hard to keep organized, and tackle boxes come with loads of little compartments meant to keep small items separate. Stackable, lockable and useful; these are a must have for anyone with a cosmetics collection.

● Bathroom Storage

Bathrooms present a hazard for storing any crossdressing items. They’re usually a shared space, so a risk of discovery can be high. A lockable tackle box under the sink or hidden among a stack of spare towels works well enough. However, always be conscious of what you are keeping in the bathroom, as it is always going to be a space with fluctuating moisture in the air; keep anything that should be kept dry and cool in a sealed box before stowing away in the bathroom.

4. Shoes and Boots

Storing our women’s shoes safely is vital for their long-term use. They also present a size challenge because of their bulk. Using non transparent boxes with sealable lids that can be stashed under beds are the most practical choice. A shoe rack with a dark fabric cover that can go in the back of a closet can serve a similar purpose. I just check my boxes from time to time to make sure that there aren’t any undue pressure points that have misshapen my valued heels or boots.

5. Secure Storage

● Lockable Trunks

Trunks are a bit of furniture that has gone out of fashion and aren’t often seen around many people’s homes. Often relegated to spare rooms or low trafficked corners, a sturdy trunk can serve the same purpose as a lockbox for many of your crossdressing supplies. Finding one that fits your décor is an easy way to have a secure compartment that blends in to your home.

● False Bottoms or Hidden Compartments

Creating false bottoms within drawers, dressers or cabinets is a classic method of hiding items that you want to keep hidden. It’s a great idea if you’re looking to hide a small number of items such as a single wig or a secret stash of thongs. They’re easy enough to rig yourself; but beware, once one is discovered, it inevitably arouses suspicion and curiosity.

Creative Hiding Places for Maximum Privacy

1. Suit Bags

Garment bags are brilliant for keeping your favorite dresses and blouses safe from dust and discovery. A good garment bag should be large enough to cover several dresses or tops. Keeping these clothes hanging amongst your usual closet clutter will hide your crossdressing items in plain sight. A small lock or well-placed twist tie will keep the zipper in place.

2. Storage Furniture

A quick browse through any furniture catalog will quickly reveal loads of creative options for storage around the house. Depending on the items you’re looking to hide and how often you might be using them different options will be suitable. Just remember to choose items that keep your fabrics dry, cosmetics cool and dark, and leave any silicone foundation garments like breast forms safe from anything that might cause them to split.

3. Garage or Car Storage

For those of us in very difficult situaitons, storage at home might not even be an option. While the garage or a shed is tempting; make sure anything is sealed up well. Leaving items in the car is also tempting; just be aware, anything that’s left in a trunk or wheel well is going to be subject to jostling and temperature changes.

Maintenance Tips for Long-Term Storage

Proper care is essential to keep your items in good condition:

1. Clean Before Storing

This is essential for before the long-term storage of any of our crossdressing treasures. Tossing a load of slightly worn clothes in a drawer or box is a recipe for long term damage. Before hanging any dresses, make sure they are all dry and ironed; throw a desiccate in a garment bag along with them to prevent any decay.

For breast forms and silicone hip inserts you should be quite careful with whatever you use to wipe them down before storage. You shouldn’t use anything corrosive because of the risk posed to the material. Warm water and some hand soap works well, dab them dry before putting them away. Keep them in a dark and cool place where they can rest in peace until you need them again.

2. Use Fresheners

Keeping anything sealed up long term can lead to stuff getting musty or dingy. Silica gel packets tossed in the bottoms of garment bags and shoe boxes will keep things dry; dropping small blocks of cedarwood can do something similar while also providing a pleasant and subtle aroma.

3. Avoid Overcrowding

Giving your clothes a bit of space to breathe while in storage is important. Packing too much in one garment bag or shoe box can lead to damage. Wigs can tangle; which can’t easily be undone. Silicone can puncture, tear or be permanently misshapen if packed tightly without proper space.

Organize for Accessibility and Efficiency

Even when prioritizing discretion, it’s important to keep your collection organized for easy access:

1. Categorize by Frequency of Use

Depending on how often, how much and to what extent you dress; you can organize your items to keep your most frequently used items assessable. Store your winter items at the back of the closet during the colder months, and keep things that are for all seasons at the top of any box, drawer or hidden compartment.

2. Label Discreetly

Items like panties or tights which can be stored together can also get easily mixed up. Obviously yellow post it notes with big black letters like “THONGS” isn’t what we’re looking for. Color coding and shapes work well; remember those little stickers that your teachers used to put on your homework? Well, now a gold star on a box or small bag in a drawer can mean black thongs, a red star, thigh-high tights, a blue star for lace, and so on.

3. Rotate Items

Dressing by season is a good way to keep things that won’t be needed for a while in secure storage. Use your labelling system to keep seasonal attire together will keep you organized and fashionable for all seasons. Rotating out your wardrobe also gives you a chance to get rid of some outdated items for newer things. Also refresh your fresheners and desiccates!

Adapting to Your Living Situation

Whether you’re integrating your crossdressing wardrobe into your daily life or keeping it completely private, tailoring storage to your environment is key:

1. For Small Spaces

Living in a small place where efficient and clever use of each corner of space is precious makes finding places for our crossdressing items more challenging. Think vertically by using the spaces above closets or wardrobes. Shelves placed above doorways are also an underused area that can be converted into a storage space quickly.

2. For Shared Living

Sharing your living space with others while keeping your crossdressing supplies secret is tough. You’ll have to blend things in and use slight of hand to divert attention. Furniture with built in storage, especially ones with small latches to open and close are optimal. Woven baskets or decorative boxes on bookshelves work well for small items.

3. For Open Living

Living openly as a crossdresser offers the freedom to organize your wardrobe without secrecy. Create a well-organized, accessible wardrobe that blends seamlessly with your space. Use open shelving or transparent storage bins for easy access while maintaining a neat appearance.

Categorize items by type or occasion to keep your space tidy and functional. By integrating your crossdressing items into your daily living area, you can celebrate your identity while maintaining an organized and welcoming environment.

Conclusion

Storage is a challenge for most of us at the best of times. The accumulation of things is one of the stories of life; and the life of a crossdresser usually ends up with us having quite a lot of things. Having secure storage that keeps my items safe from prying eyes as well as anything that might damage them keeps my mind at ease knowing that my stash will be safe for the next time. Finding the right solutions to keep your crossdressing wardrobe safe will help you too.